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Railways 63,919
Board Schools 12,216
Gas Light and Coke Company's property 30,275
Government property—Shoreditch County Court 120
Shoreditch Town Hall 1,000
678,428
Add.
Increased Valuation under Order of Court of Quarter Sessions on
appeal by the London County Council 3,900
Total Net Rateable Value, 6th April, 1891 £ 682,328
The cost of the appeals, and the unfortunate results of the new experiment of
employing temporary assistance quite unqualified for the work, instead of the clerks in
the office, will appear in the next annual report.
The St. Luke's Workhouse and Infirmary, situated i;i Shepherdess Walk, and
belonging to the Holborn Board of Guardians, is only rated at £19, pursuaut to Sec. 45
of the Act of 48, Geo. III., cap. 97.
The St. Luke's Vestry Hall, situated in City Road and belonging to the Vestry of
the Parish of St. Luke, is not rated, although it is within the boundary of Shoreditch,
owing to the provisions of a local Act.
PAROCHIAL CHARITIES.
At the beginning of the official year the Vestry considered the Report of the
Charity Enquiry Committee appointed 27th March, 1888, which had been printed
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Assistant Charity Commissioner in June,
1889, and the same was finally approved and adopted by the Vestry on 1st April, 1890.
These volumes have been circulated amongst the members of the Vestry, as well as
distributed free of charge to the Working Men's Clubs in the Parish, and speak for
themselves.
AVEBB'S GIFT.
At the instance of a local Association this oft recurring question again occupied the
attention of the Vestry for several meetings, with the result that in June, 1890, the Vestry,
upon the advice of Counsel and the late Mr. Walker, presented a petition to Parliament
in favour of Professor Stuart's Motion for an Address to Her Majesty in Council,
praying that the Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the better management of
Christ's Hospital might be amended so that a larger number of children should be
allotted to Shoreditch under the terms of Thomas Webb's bequest; but these efforts
were without avail, and the original Scheme of the Charity Commissioners, so far as
regards Shoreditch, remains untouched, and according to this Scheme the management
of Christ's Hospital is vested in the Governors and Almoners, the powers of each being
strictly defined. The management of the schools, however, will lie with the Council of
Almoners, which will consist of about forty persons. Twenty are to be nominated by